Bringing In The Hay

A nostalgic history of agriculture's most romantic crop



Author David Asson was born in 1937, the eldest of four children. He grew up on an irrigated farm near Rupert, Idaho. While enjoying the mechanics of farming, his native acumen placed an undue reliance on others for deciding when to plant or harvest. Sensing this limitation may be detrimental to success in agriculture, he opted for a career in the city. A BBA from the University of Portland and an MBA from UCLA concentrating on accounting and computer studies, launched a career in business. He became a CPA, apprenticed with two ‘Big 8 firms’, was a principal in a local practice and worked many years in private industry through a consulting firm known as Doubletree Advantage. He once flew a Cessna, still drives tractors, recently floated Idaho’s famous Middle Fork and has 11 grandkids. In retirement, time and interest has turned to writing, a little travel and woodworking projects.